Yahoo Sports reports that Italy’s interim head coach Silvio Baldini says the reason for the nation’s footballing downfall on the global stage is due to directors ‘who think about their own interests and not about the growth of the game’ in a scathing review of the current state of affairs in Serie A.
What Baldini said about the downfall of Calcio and the Italy national team Baldini has been tasked with leading Italy into a series of international friendlies against Luxembourg on June 3 and against Greece on June 7.
He is serving as CT on an interim basis following the resignation of Gennaro Gattuso in the wake of Italy’s failure to qualify for the 2026 World Cup.
A permanent head coach is not expected to be appointed before the FIGC Presidential elections have taken place on June 22.
Baldini gave his first press conference as interim Italy head coach on Friday, explaining why he decided to name a squad that includes 20 uncapped players, insisting that he has no intention of taking the job on full-time and discussing why Italian football finds itself at such a low point in 2026.
In his analysis, Baldini laid the blame at the feet of dodgy directors, whom he claims ‘think about their own interests and not about the growth of the game “Italian football is in the hands of directors who think about their own interests and not about the growth of the game,” Baldini insisted.